Bull. U. S. F. C. 1891. European Methods of Oyster-culture. (To face page 406.) 
Plate LXXVII. 
Fig. 1. Lucrine Lake, Italy. General view from the Highway to Naples, overlooking 
the Eastern end of the Lake. 
The foot of Monte Nuova forms the background at the right. The stakes at the left bear collectors and fascines for 
elevage. The fish runway of straw, seen in the foreground, leads to the sluice gate of the next figure. The 
location of Lake Avernus, the Acheron of Virgil, is directly behind the atelier shown in background. (Page 365.) 
Fig. 2. Lucrine Lake, Italy. 
The tidal gate with stone breakwater, as seen from the road to Naples, Cape Miseno in the background. (Page 365.) 
